Avengers: Endgame obliterates another Aussie box office record

Walt Disney now has the three biggest ever opening weeks at the Australian box office. The latest release to join the ranks of the screen legends is Avengers: Endgame.

The Motion Pictures Distributors Association of Australia reported on Thursday that the movie has ended its first week with $50.13m – that doesn’t just break the old record, it shatters it.

Topping the Best Opening Week chart previously was the 2015 December release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which opened with $38.54m.

The top 10 is dominated by four major movie franchises – Avengers (3), Star Wars (2), Lord of the Rings (2) and Harry Potter (2). The only chart entrant not part of that club does come from a strong franchise too – Fast and Furious.

This chart also demonstrates that April or December are the months you want to release a blockbuster. Four movies were released in each month, the other two were let loose in July.